Lily's Health Pad

Prior to the weekend, Ollie the Echo was long past due for an oil change.  I have yet to find a  shop I trust in the area, so I’ve just been visiting my parents every 3,000 miles or so.  In this case, it was more like 5,000 miles, but…whatever.  This was the first time I’d [...]

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I eat dessert after dinner 99% of the time.  At the end of a long day, there is nothing better than snuggling on the couch with Link, watching Netflix DVD’s, and eating my sweet treat.  Usually, my dessert is dark chocolate, but I prefer to have a delicious homemade treat on hand–especially now that I’m [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day weekend, peeps!    I LOVE Valentine’s Day.  It always reminds me of my elementary school days.  Who didn’t like decorating valentine boxes and eating candy at school?  Anyone else wearing pink tomorrow?  I already have my outfit all picked out.  It even includes heart earrings.   Stephen and I celebrated the holiday [...]

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New Chobani Flavors: Lately I’ve being trying to avoid flavored Greek yogurt because I believe I eat too much added sugar during the day.  But when I saw 2 new Chobani flavors at Publix last weekend, I threw my new rule out the window.   I was ecstatic when I saw the new lemon flavor.  [...]

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I was remarkably successful at staying under my $50 food budget last week!   In case you were wondering what $50 can buy you, here you go: Bananas, turnips, lemons, peaches, oranges, cucumbers + okra = $10   onions, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, Rome apples (my FAVE!!) $6   The above fruit comes from my favorite [...]

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